Title :
Availability analysis of a solar power system with graceful degradation
Author :
Huffman, Duane L. ; Antelme, France
Author_Institution :
Relex Software Corp., Greensburg, PA
Abstract :
This paper describes the modelling of solar power system using standard reliability block diagrams (RBDs) that support capacity. The proposed method is easily scalable for additional branches and microinverter units per branch. Using this model, we can calculate various system performance measures, such as point availability, mean availability, capacity, state probabilities, and losses associated with performance degradation.
Keywords :
invertors; power generation reliability; solar power stations; microinverter units; performance degradation; reliability block diagrams; solar power system; Availability; Capacity planning; Degradation; Loss measurement; Performance loss; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Probability; Solar energy; System performance; availability analysis; capacity; degradation; microinverter;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2009. RAMS 2009. Annual
Conference_Location :
Fort Worth, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2508-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-144X
DOI :
10.1109/RAMS.2009.4914701